Have you ever paused in this whirlwind of a life and wondered, “What was it I did in the last week again?”
Or month, year, etc.
That’s me today.
Well, there was a funeral for a friend’s dad … and calling hours … and lots of laundry … and an overnight trip … and oh yeah, the new fridge arrived, so there was lots of moving around of food to and from the big freezer and coolers while the thing cooled down enough.
And trying to locate specific food items in the meantime.
In other words, life.
I also listened to N.T. Wright’s God and the Pandemic three times. A friend’s post of a quote from the book a couple weeks ago reminded me I had wanted to read it. The audiobook is only three hours long, so multiple listens are quite doable. Three listens and three hours … I guess I’m being extra trinitarian. But erudite Oxford theologian? I probably need to read more of his work.
Some of the key takeaways, without giving away the entire book …
Lament is the first proper Christian response to the pandemic …
“Our culture is afraid of grief” …
Romans 8:28 “is not a Christian version of stoicism” (i.e. anything bad that happens must be for the greater good so it’s fine), but more likely is saying God works through and with those who love him in order to accomplish the greater good.
All good food for thought.
Another friend shared this short video of Brant Hansen speaking about righteous anger. I’ve written here before about righteous anger, wondering whether many or most claims of righteous anger are righteous at all. Hansen wrote a book several years ago called Unoffendable, which I’ve put on hold with the library.
That’s what’s in my head at the moment. Everyone keep on keeping on with life. That’s what I’m gonna do.
